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20 April 2024
SPEAKING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Fabulous "Academy of St Martin in
the Fields"
Sir Neville Marriner on the 100th anniversary of his birthday.
20 April 2024, 15:05
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It was a good time for chamber orchestra formations. The Stuttgart Chamber
Orchestra, L'Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard, the Zagreb Soloists, I
Solisti Veneti, the Festival Strings Lucerne, last but not least I Musici - and yet they
were all surpassed by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, founded in 1959.
Named after the London church that was the venue for the inaugural concert, initially
consisting of freelancers and led by the founder, Neville Marriner, from the violin
desk, the company grew not least in the course of recording - London in the 1960s,
70s: a center of the industry! - quickly to, depending on demand, the size of a
